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// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Carter Nelson for Adafruit Industries
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
// --------------------------------------
// i2c_scanner
//
// Modified from https://playground.arduino.cc/Main/I2cScanner/
// --------------------------------------
#include <Wire.h>
// Set I2C bus to use: Wire, Wire1, etc.
#define WIRE Wire
void setup() {
pinMode(D8, OUTPUT);
delay(250);
digitalWrite(D8, HIGH);
WIRE.begin();
digitalWrite(D8,LOW);
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial)
delay(10);
Serial.println("\nI2C Scannerr");
}
const int RST_PIN = D8; // change to your reset pin
const unsigned long RST_HOLD_MS = 20; // hold reset low this long
const unsigned long POST_RST_MS = 120; // wait after release
void manualResetDisplay() {
pinMode(RST_PIN, OUTPUT);
// assert reset (active low)
digitalWrite(RST_PIN, LOW);
delay(RST_HOLD_MS);
// release reset
digitalWrite(RST_PIN, HIGH);
// give the display time to initialize
delay(POST_RST_MS);
}
void loop() {
byte error, address;
int nDevices;
Serial.println("Scanning...");
nDevices = 0;
for(address = 1; address < 127; address++ )
{
// The i2c_scanner uses the return value of
// the Write.endTransmisstion to see if
// a device did acknowledge to the address.
manualResetDisplay();
WIRE.beginTransmission(address);
error = WIRE.endTransmission();
if (error == 0)
{
Serial.print("I2C device found at address 0x");
if (address<16)
Serial.print("0");
Serial.print(address,HEX);
Serial.println(" !");
nDevices++;
}
else if (error==4)
{
Serial.print("Unknown error at address 0x");
if (address<16)
Serial.print("0");
Serial.println(address,HEX);
}
}
if (nDevices == 0)
Serial.println("No I2C devices found\n");
else
Serial.println("done\n");
delay(5000); // wait 5 seconds for next scan
}
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